Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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The present invention relates to an anti
blocking agent useful for prevention of blocking of
synthetic resin films and to a synthetic resin film
molding resin composition containing the said anti
s blocking agent.
More particularly, the present invention
relates to an anti-blocking agent for synthetic resin
films comprising secondary particles of hydrotalcites
having an average secondary particle diameter falling in
the range of 1 to 8~.c.m, said hydrotalcites being re-
presented by the following formula (1)
Mi~xAlx(OH)2AX/n mH2~ ~.... (1)
in which M2+ stands for Mg2+ or Mg2+ and Zn2+,
An stands for an anion of n valence, and x and
m stand each for a positive number satisfying
the following formula:
0.2<x<0.5, 0<m<l.
The present invention relates also to a syn-
thetic resin film molding resin composition, and more
preferably, an olefinic synthetic resin film molding
resin composition, containing the said anti-blocking
agent.
Heretofore, it is generally known in thermo-
plastic synthetic resin films, for instance, oiefinic
synthetic resin films, such as polyolefin film, that
partly caused by containing, more or less, usually con-
taining some of low molecular weight and low melting
polymers, when the film is superposed one upon another,
trouble of so-called "blocking" tends to occur with
mutually contacting film surfaces sticking to each other.
This blocking phenomenon, during the film formation of
olefinic synthetic resins and further in a higher order
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of their processing step, for instance, brings about an
inconvenience of causing a lowering of working efficiency
or trouble of no good opening of bags in the case of
packaging or packing by the use of film formed.
Consequently, heretofore, various proposals
have been made to prevent the blocking of the synthetic
resin film. Of such proposals, there are known proposals
of the type of causing a lowering of a coefficient of
kinetic friction in the synthetic resin film surface by
incorporating powdered inorganic fillers or proposals of
the type of incorporating lubricants.
Japanese Laid-open Patent Application (Japanese
Rokai) No. 210961/84, for instance, proposes an anti-
blocking film molding resin composition obtained by
adding 300 to 5000 ppm of an inorganic filler to a resin
composition comprising 80 to 99 weight % of an ethylene-
alpha-olefin copolymer and 1 to 20 weight % of a polypro-
pylene type resin with a density of 0.890 to 0.945 g/cm3.
As the inorganic filler there are cited silica type
anti-blocking agents, such as silica, diatomaceous earth,
clay, talc, zeolite and the like, and further, usual
anti-blocking agents, such as calcium carbonate, titanium
oxide, zinc oxide and the like, and particularly silica
type anti-blocking agents containing silicon atoms are
mentioned as effective.
Further, Japanese Laid-Open Patent Application
No. 32836/85 proposes an anti-blocking agent comprising
anhydrous amorphous aluminosilicates being acid and heat
treated products of zeolites being substantially provided
with particulate condition of zeolites. As still another
proposal, Japanese Laid-Open Patent Application No.
68852/87 discloses that a polyimide film containing 0.1
to 0.5 weight %, based on the weight of the film resin,
of an inorganic powder based on the powder having a
Particle diameter of 1 to 5/CCm becomes a film being
improved in film traveling and adhesion, and as the
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inorganic powder the use of an ortho-phosphate compounds
of Group IIa alkaline earth metals, such as anhydrous
calcium secondary phosphate and calcium pyrophosphate,
is recommended.
Furthermore, Japanese Patent Publication No.
24275/69 discloses a process for the production of an
anti-blocking highly-stabilized polyethylene film, and
there is disclosed the use of an anti-blocking agent
containing, as solid particle material, 99$ or more of
Si02 having an average particle diameter of 5 microns
or less. Moreover, Japanese Patent Publication No.
8835/65 discloses techniques of incorporating a specified
fatty acid amide containing erucic acid residues in the
molecule for imparting improved blocking property and
slidability to polyolefin films.
Including these conventional proposals, however,
the use of hydrotalcites as the anti-blocking agent for
synthetic resin films remained heretofore unknown as far
as the instant inventors know. Moreover, including the
said conventional proposals, blocking resistance of the
synthetic resin film is usually improved with increases
in the amount of the anti-blocking agent incorporated,
but it entails a technical problem that transparency of
the film deteriorates on the contrary. In other words,
for the reason that the blocking resistance and trans-
parency ace in a mutually-hardly-compatible inverse
correlation, it is virtually extremely difficult to
achieve satisfactory results in both properties. what is
more, the use of conventional anti-blocking agents re-
presented by silica, as is noticed from Mohs' hardness of
silica being about 7, entailed technical problems remain-
ing unresolved even in the respect that because of its
high hardness, working machines were often inconveniently
abraded.
The instant inventors studied to develop an
anti-blocking agent for synthetic resin films capable of
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overcoming the said technical problems.
As a result, they found that secondary parti-
cles of hydrotalcites having an average secondary particle
diameter falling in the range of 1 to 8fc.m, said hydro-
talcites satisfying the specified composition represented
by the said formula (1), becomes an anti-blocking agent
being extremely useful for markedly improving the blocking
resistance of the synthetic resin film without adversely
affecting the transparency of the film and further for
providing a synthetic resin film having a combination of
heretofore-hardly-compatible superior blocking resistance
and transparency without inconveniently abrading working
machines.
Further, hydrotalcites satisfying the specified
composition represented by the said formula (1) have, in
themselves, a plate-like crystal structure being nearly
hexagonal in external form and are expected to be un-
suitable hexagonal plate-like shaped bodies from a view-
point of causing in film surface fine projections of the
order of about 0.5 to several ~cm which are considered as
serving to impart blocking resistance to the resin film,
but it was, nevertheless, found that in a form of second-
ary particles having an average secondary particle diame-
ter of 1 to 8f.~m used in the present invention, it is
made possible to disperse into the resin in good condition
and to impart superior blocking resistance to the resin
film without causing deterioration in transparency of the
film, although it is presumed that this is because of
formation of nearly spherical secondary particles with
intense coagulation of hydrotalcites satisfying the
specified composition of the formula (1).
The accompanying Fig. 1 to Fig. 3 are respec-
tively scanning electron microscopic photographs with
magnifications of 100X, 1,OOOX and 10,000X of secondary
Particles of hydrotalcites used in the present invention,
and the accompanying Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 are respectively
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scanning electron microscopic photographs with magnifi-
cations of 1,OOOX and 10,000X of primary particles of the
hydrotalcites.
Consequently, the object of the present inven-
tion is to provide an anti-blocking agent for synthetic
resin films.
The other object of the present invention is to
provide a synthetic resin film molding resin composition
and preferably an olefinic synthetic resin film molding
resin composition.
The anti-blocking agent of the present invention
comprises secondary particles of hydrotalcites having an
average secondary particle diameter falling in the range
of 1 to 8~.m~ said hydrotalcites being represented by the
following formula (1)
Mi~xAlx(OH)2Ax/n mH2O ~~... (1)
in which M2+ stands for Mg2+ or Mg2+ and Zn2+,
An stands for an anion of n valence, and x and
m stand each for a positive number satisfying
the following formula:
0.2<x<0.5, 0<m<1.
In the present invention secondary particles of
hydrotalcites having an average particle diameter of 1 to
8,um, said hydrotalcites satisfying the specified compo-
s~ition represented by the said formula (1), are indis-
pensable for the use of anti-blocking agents for synthetic
resin films. In this connection, by the term "film" used
in the present invention is included a sheet-like struc-
ture in a wide sense, such as tape, ribbon, film, sheet
and the like.
As the secondary particles it is desirable to
select secondary particles being in coagulated condition
as close to sphere as possible with intense coagulation
of primary particle crystals of hydrotalcites represented
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by the formula (1), and their average secondary particle
diameter is 1 to 8~.cm, preferably 2 to 6 ~m and more
preferably 3 to 6~.un. When the average secondary particle
diameter is too small, falling off from the~said average
secondary particle diameter range, they are weak at
capability of imparting the blocking resistance to the
synthetic resin film, whereas when it is too great, their
no good dispersion in the synthetic resin is caused and
appearance, mechanical strength and the like of the film
are deteriorated and because of this, it is preferred to
optionally select within the said limits.
Further, the secondary particles should prefer-
ably have a narrow secondary particle diameter distri-
bution width, and secondary particles falling in the
range of 1/2 to 3/2 the average secondary particle diame-
ter (r) (1/2r to 3/2r) should favorably account for 50 %
or more, more preferably 60 % or more, of the whole
particles. If the secondary particle diameter distri-
bution width is too broad, the capability to impart the
blocking resistance to the synthetic resin film tends to
deteriorate and because of this, it is preferred to
optionally select within the above-illustrated limits.
Moreover, secondary particles of hydrotalcites
of the formula (1) should preferably have a BET specific
surface area of 50 m2/g or less, more preferably 30 m2/g
or less and most preferably 20 m2/g or less. When the
BET specific surface area is too great, they go no good
in compatibility with the resin and further coagulate in
the resin for formation of coarse particles, entailing
the fear of adversely affecting the appearance or trans-
parency of the resin film, so it is preferred to select
as small a BET specific surface area as possible in the
above-illustrated regin. In the case, further, where the
BET specific surface area is too great, hydrotalcites
tend to hold a lot of adsorption water, entailing the
fear of generating flash patterns being inconvenient to
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Furthermore, secondary particles of hydrotal-
cites of the formula (1) of the present invention with
Mohs' hardness of the order of about 2 can readily be
selected over heretofore-frequently-used silica type
anti-blocking agents with Mohs' hardness of the order of
about 7 and because of this, trouble of abrading working
machines can be avoided and moreover, they usually show a
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refractive index of the order of 1.46 to 1~; and those
having the refractive index of the order of preferably
1.48 to 1.55 and more preferably 1.49 to 1.54, can readily
be selected and because of this, they are also provided
with the advantage of being capable of use without ad-
versely affecting at all the transparency of resins
having refractive indices falling in such a range, such
as olefinic resins, (meth)acrylic resins, vinyl chloride
type resins, polyvinyl alcoholic resins and the like.
It is indispensable that the anti-blocking
agent for synthetic resin films of the present invention
should, as mentioned above, comprise secondary particles
of hydrotalcites having an average secondary particle
diameter of 1 to 8~Cc.m, preferably 2 to 6~n and more
preferably 3 to 6 fc.m, said hydrotalcites satisfying the
specified composition represented by the said formula
(1), and what is more, preferably they should have a
secondary particle diameter distribution width that
secondary particles falling in the range of 1/2 to 3/2
the average secondary particle diameter (r) account for
50 % or more, more preferably 60 or more, the whole
particles. Further, they should preferably have a BET
specific surface area of 50 m2/g or less, more preferably
30 m2/g or less and most preferably 20 m2/g or less.
What is more, they should preferably have a refractive
index of 1.46 to 1.57, more preferably 1.48 to 1.55 and
most preferably 1.49 to 1.54, and they should preferably
show Mohs' hardness of the order of about 2.
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In hydrotalcites represented by the said
formula (1) of which the anti-blocking agent for syn-
thetic resin films of the present invention is made up,
M2+ in the formula is a solid solution of Mg2+ or Mg2+
and Zn2+. Further, in the formula (1), anion An of n
valence can optionally be selected, but as preferred
examples of anion An there can be cited, for instance,
OH-, N03 , C104 , CH3C00 , C6H4(OH)COO , C03 , S03 ,
Hp04 , (COO)2 , p04 and the like.
Further, in hydrotalcites represented by the
said formula (1), x is a positive number of 0.2<x<0.5,
preferably 0.2<x<0.4, and m is 0<m<1. In the case where
the anti-blocking agent for synthetic resin films of the
present invention is used in synthetic resins having
relatively high fabrication temperatures, it is preferred
to select hydrotalcites represented by the formula (1)
wherein m value is smaller, and in the case where particu-
larly higher fabrication temperatures are desired, it is
preferred to select de-crystal-water-treated hydrotalcites
of the formula (1) having m=0 or close to it. The de-
crystal-water-treatment can be effected by means known
per se, and it can readily be effected, for instance, in
a mode of heat treating f or about 1 to about 40 hours at
a temperature of about 150° to about 300°C in air or in a
gas atmosphere, such as N2, He, 02, H2, C02 and the like.
If desired, heat treatment under reduced pressure con-
ditions can also be employed.
In the present invention secondary particles of
hydrotalcites of the formula (1) can be surface-treated
with surface-treating agents in order to further improve
compatibility with, and dispersibity in, resins and to
serve to improve various effects with the anti-blocking
agent of the present invention.
As examples of such surface-treating agents
there can be illustrated higher fatty acids, anionic
surface-active agents, silane type coupling agents,
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titanate type coupling agents, esters of glycerins and
fatty acids and the like. As specific examples of such
surface-active agents there can be illustrated higher
fatty acids, such as stearic acid, oleic acid, lauric
acid and the like; anionic surface-active agents, such as
sodium stearate, sodium oleate, sodium benzenesulfonate
laurate and the like; silane type or titanate type coupl-
ing agents, such as vinyltriethoxysilane, gamma-
methacryloxypropyltriethoxysilane, isopropyltriiso-
stearoyl titanate, isopropyltridecylbenzenesulfonyl
titanate and the like; glycerin-fatty acid esters, such
as glycerin monostearate, glycerin monooleate and the
like; and so forth.
For the surface treatment of secondary parti-
cles of hydrotalcites of the formula (1) with surface-
treating agents, in the case, for instance, where the
surface-treating agent is, in itself, liquid, or in the
case, for instance, where it is made liquid by dissolving
in water, alcohols and the like, it can be carried out by
mechanically mixing these liquid surface-treating agents
with powdered secondary particles of hydrotalcites of the
formula (1) or their aqueous suspensions under heating
conditions or under non-heating conditions, and in the
case, for instance, where the surface-treating agent is
fused at heating conditions, it can also be carried out
by mechanically mixing with powdered secondary particles
of hydrotalcites of the formula (1) at heat-melting
conditions.
After their thorough mixing, the mixture is
optionally subjected to means selected, for instance,
from washing with water, dehydration, dry pulverization,
classification and the like and whereby surface-treated
products of secondary particles of hydrotalcites of the
formula (1) can be obtained.
The content of the surface-treating agent in
the surface-treated products of secondary particles of
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hydrotalcites of the formula (1) which can be obtained
as the above can suitably be selected and altered, and
there can be illustrated such a content as about 0.1 to
about 10 weight % based on the weight of secondary parti-
cles of hydrotalcites of the formula (1) .
The anti-blocking agent of the present invention
can be prepared by following methods known per se, such
as known methods of Japanese Patent Publication Nos.
2280/71 (Japanese Patent Application No. 48349/66),
32198/72 (Japanese Patent Application No. 99358/69),
30039/75 (Japanese Patent Application No. 45658/67),
29477/73 (Japanese Patent Application No. 120778/70) and
29129/76 (Japanese Patent Application No. 123553/70), and
Japanese Laid-Open Application No. 174270/86 (Japanese
Patent Application No. 13504/85) filed by the same appli-
cant and the like. Further, hydrotalcite type compounds
having a BET specific surface area of about 50 m2/g or
less, preferably 30 m2/g or less and more preferably 20
m2/g or less, and an average secondary particle diameter
of about 1 to 8 ~tm, preferably about 2 to 6 ~Ct~m and more
preferably 3 to 6~.c.m, can favorably be obtained by further
heat treating in aqueous media, for instance, hydro-
talcites of the formula (1) prepared as the above. In
this favorable mode, hydrotalcites of the formula (1)
obtained by the above-illustrated method are batch-wise
heat treated or continuously heated treated (unheated
products are continuously autoclaved and their heat
treated products are continuously taken out) at such
conditions as temperatures of about 120 to about 250°C and
about 1 to about 40 hours in aqueous media in autoclave,
for instance, whereby they can be obtained as hydro-
talcites of the formula (1) adjusted to the desired BET
specific surface area and average secondary particle
diameter.
In the said heat treatment, the BET specific
surface area and secondary particle diameter go smaller
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as the temperature goes higher and as the heating time
is prolonged. It is also possible to employ treatment
conditions being in excess of about 250°C, but no specific
merits are gained whereby, so it is favorable to employ
the temperature of the order of the above-illustrated
limits.
The refractive index of hydrotalcites of the
formula (1), within the limits of 1.46-1.57, tends to go
greater as x corresponding to the A1 content goes greater,
or as the Zn content in M2+ in the formula (1) increases,
and there can readily be selected a refractive index
coming very close, or identical with, that of resins,
such as olefinic resins, (meth)acrylic resins, vinyl
chloride type resins, polyvinyl alcoholic resins and the
like.
The anti-blocking agent for synthetic resin
films of the present invention is useful for use of
anti-blocking agents for synthetic resin films, prefer-
ably thermoplastic synthetic resin films.
As examples of such synthetic resins there can
be cited olefinic resins represented by polymers or
copolymers comprising one member or a plurality of members
of C2-C12 alpha-olefins, such as ultra-low density
straight chain polyethylene (VLLDPE), low density straight
chain polyethylene (LLDPE), low density polyethylene
(LDPE), medium density polyethylene (MDPE), high density
polyethylene (HDPE), polypropylene, ethylene/propylene
and/or diene random or block copolymers, poly(4-methyl-
pentene-1), polybutene-1 and the like; (meth)acrylic
resins represented by polymers of copolymers derived from
major component amounts of acrylic and/or methacrylic
acid esters, such as polyacrylate ester, polymethacrylate
ester, acrylate and methacrylate ester copolymers and the
like; vinyl chloride type resins represented by polymers
or copolymers derived from major component amounts of
polyvinyl chloride, polyvinylidene chloride, vinyl
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chloride or vinylidene, and copolymerizable monomers;
polyvinyl alcoholic resins represented by polymers or
copolymers derived from polyvinyl alcohol and major
component amounts of polyvinyl alcohol and copolymeri-
zable monomers; ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymers (EVA);
ethylene/ethyl acrylate copolymers (EEA); polyester
resins, such as polyethylene terephthalate and poly-
butylene terephthalate; polyamide resins, such as nylon
6, nylon-66 and the like; polyimide resins; styrene
monomer homopolymers or copolymers with monomers, such as
acrylonitrile, butadiene, methyl methacrylate and the
like.
The anti-blocking agent for synthetic resin
films of the present invention is particularly favorable
in use for olefinic synthetic resin films and imparts
superior transparency to the films. It-is due to the
fact that refractive indices of the both come close to
each other and due to the nucleating effect of hydro-
talcites.
A small amount is sufficient for the amount of
the anti-blocking agent for synthetic resin films of the
present invention used and it may optionally be selected,
and about 0.01 to about 2 parts by weight per 100 parts
by weight of the synthetic resin can be illustrated as a
preferable amount of it used. More preferably, it is
about 0.05 to about 1 part by weight and most preferably
about 0.1 to about 0.5 part by weight. When the amount
of the anti-blocking agent for synthetic resin films of
the present invention used is too small, falling off from
the said limits, the intended blocking resistance of the
present invention cannot sufficiently be obtained, and
when it is too great, on the contrary, its effect is not
improved any further in blocking resistance. Not only
that, but it also entails a fear of causing a lowering of
mechanical strength of the film, and it sometimes deterio
rates transparency according to the kind of the resin,
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so it is preferred to select within the limits of said
use amounts.
The anti-blocking agent for synthetic resin
films of the present invention, when used in conjunction
with known lubricants, produces synergistic effect in
improvement of blocking resistance, and their joint use
is favorable. As examples of such lubricants there can
be cited fatty acid amide type lubricants, such as
stearylamide, palmitylamide, oleylamide, methylenebis-
stearoamide, ethylenebisstearoamide and the like; hydro-
carbon type lubricants, such as liquid paraffin, paraffin
wax, micro wax, low polymerized polyethylene and the
like; fatty acid type lubricants, such as mycistic acid,
palmitic acid, stearic acid, arachidic acid, behenic acid
and the like; ester type lubricants, such as ethylene
glycol monostearate, esterwax, glyceride, butyl stearate,
hardened castor oil and the like; alcoholic lubricants,
such as cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol and the like;
metal soap type lubricants, such as calcium stearate,
zinc, stearate and the like; and so forth. Among the
said lubricants fatty acid amide type lubricants can
favorably be used for systems of olefinic synthetic
resins and anti-blocking agents comprising secondary
particles of hydrotalcites represented by the formula (1)
of the present invention.
As amounts of the said lubricants used there
can be illustrated use amounts of preferably about 0.01
to about 1 part by weight, and more preferably about 0.05
to about 0.5 part by weight, per 100 parts by weight of
synthetic resins.
The present invention can provide a synthetic
resin film molding resin composition characterized by
containing100 parts by weight of the above-illustrated
synthetic resin and about 0.01 to about 2 parts by weight
of an anti-blocking agent comprising secondary particles
of hydrotalcites having an average secondary particle
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diameter falling in the range of 1 to 8~cun, said hydro-
talcites being represented by the said formula (1).
Further, in one favorable mode of the present
invention, there can be provided an olefinic synthetic
resin film molding resin composition characterized by
containing
(a) 100 parts by weight of an olefinic synthetic
resin and
(b> about 0.01 to about 2 pacts by weight of an
anti-blocking agent comprising secondary particles of
hydrotalcites having an average secondary particle diame-
ter falling in the range of 1 to 8~:Cm, said hydrotalcites
being represented by the following formula (1)
Mi~xAlx(OH)2AX/n mH2O ~~~.. (1)
in which M2+ stands for Mg2+ or Mg2+ and Zn2+~
An stands for an anion of n valence, and x and
m stand each for a positive number satisfying
the following formula:
0.2<x<0.5, 0<m<1.
The synthetic resin film molding resin compo-
sition of the present invention can be prepared by mixing
the synthetic resin, the anti-blocking agent of the
present invention, further the lubricant and other desired
additives. Mixing means may optionally be selected, and
there can be illustrated known mixing means, such as
ribbon blender, high speed mixer, kneader, Banbury mixer,
extruder and the like, and it is favorable to effect in
such a manner as to mix into the synthetic resin as
uniformly as possible the anti-blocking agent of the
present invention and further, other additives. The
resin composition obtained can be molded into a synthetic
resin film having superior blocking resistance by making
the film using known customary film-forming methods,
such as T-die technique, inflation technique, biaxial
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stretching technique and the like. Preparative methods
and mixing conditions for such resin compositions and
further, film-forming techniques and filming-molding
conditions and the like are well known and can be
utilized in the present invention.
The anti-blocking synthetic resin film molding
resin composition of the present invention may contain
other various additives conventionally used in synthetic
resin film molding resin compositions in addition to the
anti-blocking agent comprising secondary particles of
hydrotalcites having an average secondary particle diame-
ter falling in the range of 1 to 8~CC~m, said hydrotalcites
being represented by the said formula (1), and further,
said illustrated lubricants.
As examples of such other additives there can
be cited antioxidants, such as 2,6-di-tert-butyl-p-cresol,
2,5-di-tert-butylhydroquinone, 2,2'-methylene-bis(4-
methyl-6-tert-butylphenol), tetrakis(2,4-di-tert-butyl-
phenyl), 4,4'-bisphenylenediphosphonite, 4,4'-thiobis-(6-
tert-butylphenol), 4,4'-thiobis-(6-tert-butyl-m-cresol)
and octadecyl-3-(3',5'-di-tert-butyl-4'-hydroxyphenol)-
propionate; ultraviolet absorbers, such as 2-hydroxy-4-
octoxybenzophenone, 2(2'-hydroxy-5-methylphenyl)benzo-
triazole and ethyl-2-cyano-3,3-Biphenyl acrylate; anti-
static agents, such as polyethylene oxide, carbowax,
pentaerythritol monostearate, sorbitan monopalmitate and
sulphated oleic acid; color formers, such as carbon
black, phthalocyanine, quinacridone, indoline, azo type
pigments, titanium oxide, iron oxide red, chrome yellow,
iron oxide yellow and mineral violet; impact strength
modifiers, such as MBS, ABS, polyethylene chloride,
acrylic polymer, fibrous magnesium hydroxide and fibrous
hydrotalcites; and so forth.
Amounts of such additives mixed may optionally
be selected, and there can be illustrated, for instance,
such composition amounts as about 0.01 to about 1 %
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antioxidants; about 0.01 to about 1 % ultraviolet ab-
sorbets, about 0.01 to about 1 % antistatic agents, about
0.1 to about 5 % color formers and about 1 to about 20 %
impact strength modifiers on the basis of the weight of
the synthetic resin.
Further, in the present invention values ob-
tained by following the hereinbelow-described measurement
and determination methods are meant by (a) average second-
ary particle diameter, (b) BET specific surface area of
secondary particles and (c) refractive index of secondary
particles.
(a) Average secondary particle diameter of
secondary particles
'' Measured and determined using MICROTRAC particle
size analyser SPA type fmade by LEEDS & NORTHRUP
INSTRUMENTS companyl.
700 mg of sample powder is added to 70 ml of
water and subjected to super-sonic (MODEL US-300, current
300~ct,A, made by NISSEI company) dispersion treatment for
3 minutes. After that, 2-4 ml of the aqueous dispersion
is taken and added in a sample chamber of the said parti-
cle size analyser in which 250 ml of degassed water is
received, and the solution is recycled for 8 minutes by
operating the analyser and then its particle size distri-
bution is measured. It is measured twice in all and an
arithmetic average value of 50% cumulative secondary
particle diameters obtained in the respective measure-
ments is figured out to set as average secondary parti-
cle diameter of the sample.
(b) BET specific surface area of secondary
particles
Measured by the liquid nitrogen adsorption method.
(c) Refractive index of secondary particles
Measured according to Larsen's oil immersion
method, using Abbb's refractometer.
Further, several modes of the present invention
. r ~.' C;~ C:N' F yy-~ Ef ,.. ~:'C
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will be explained in more detail hereinunder and in the
following examples (d) blocking resistance, (e) trans-
parency and (f) haze are tested and evaluated as follows.
(d) Blocking resistance
Film cut in a rectangle 50 mm wide x 100 mm
long is superposed one upon another in area of 50 mm x 50
mm=25 cm2 and a load of 10 kg is placed on the overlapping
part, it is left alone at 40°C for 24 hours in an oven
and measured for its peeling strength by tensile tester.
(e) Transparency (total light transmittance)
Using a digital color-meter, parallel light is
applied to film, and it is represented by a ratio, in a
percentage, of light quantity passed through the film to
incident light quantity.
( f ) Haze
Measured according to the procedure of ASTM
D-100-61.
Examples
tProduction example (A) of hydrotalcite type
anti-blocking agentl
40.2 of an aqueous solution of a mixture of
aluminum chloride and magnesium chloride (A13+=0.2M/IL and
Mg2+=0.4M/~W being adjusted to about 30°C was charged in
a stainless steel cylindrical reactor with a capacity of
20 Q- and stirred by means of chemical stirrer. About 12,Q.
of an aqueous solution of 4M/!L of sodium hydroxide adjust-
ed to about 30°C was added to this solution and when the
pH of the reaction solution increased to about 10, the
pouring of sodium hydroxide was stopped.
The reaction solution containing chloride ion
form hydrotalcites so obtained was dehydrated and washed
with about 40 ,~ of an aqueous solution of 0.2 M/k' of
sodium carbonate at about 30°C to exchange chloride ion
of hydrotalcites for carbonate ion by ion exchange. This
carbonate ion form hydrotalcites were suspended in water
to make a total amount of 60;2.
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~. of this suspension was charged into an
autoclave with a capacity of 20 Q. and treated at 150°C
for 10 hours. (Sample A)
Separately, in like manner as in the above case
5 10 IZ of a suspension of hydrotalcites was put in an
autoclave with a capacity of 20 ~2, treated at 150°C for
10 hours, then successively the suspension of hydro-
talcites was continuously fed into the autoclave held at
150°C at a rate of 5 Je/hour and it was continuously
10 discharged in the same amount as the feed amount.
Effluents were collected in portions for every
2 hours and samples taken during the periods of 0-2, 2-4,
4-6 and 6-8 hours after their discharge was begun were
designated respectively samples B, C, D and E. They were
chemically analyzed, in consequence of which they were
found to be represented by a composition formula
Mg4A12(OH)12C03~3H20.
Samples A, B, C, D and E were each contacted
with aqueous sodium stearate solution with stirring at
about 80°C for about 20 minutes and about 3 weight % of
stearate ion was coated on the surfaces of secondary
particles of hydrotalcites. After that, they were
dehydrated, dried and pulverized to measure their BET
specific surface area and refractive index. Their average
secondary particle diameter, however, was measured on
samples before surface treatment.
Sample Average secondary BET specific Refractive
particle diameter surface area index
~,wn) (m2/g )
A 0.91 15 1.52
B 2.3 7 "
C 3.8 i2 "
D 4.9 17 "
E 8.9 21 "
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Examples 1-6, Comparative Examples 1-6
Low density polyethylene (refractive index
1.51) pellets were mixed, in composition ratios indicated
in Table 1, with anti-blocking agents comprising hydro-
talcites (Ex~mp~es 1-3, 5, 6, Comparative Examples 5, 6)
f r ~ C> ._ m y~tr~
or silica (~-~r~e SYLOID-66, average secondary parti-
cle diameter 4.1~,c..m) (Comparative Examples 1-3) or combi-
nation of hydrotalcites and stearic acid amide (Example
4) or combination of silica and stearic acid amide (Com-
Parative Example 4), then melted and kneaded at about
180°C in an extruder and pellets were made. Using these
pellets 40~.cm thick and 100~cJc.m thick films were made at
about 200°C. Using the 40 ~m thick film, its blocking
property, coefficient of static friction, haze, tensile
strength at break and elongation were measured, and using
the 100fc.m thick film, its total light transmittance was
measured. The results were shown in Table 1.
As the result, the anti-blocking agent compris-
ing secondary particles of hydrotalcites is excellent in
anti-blocking effect when used singly over silica being a
typical anti-blocking agent. Not only that, but trans-
parency of the film as is represented by haze and total
light transmittance also is markedly improved, and
mechanical strengths of tensile strength and elongation
as well are improved. In the case, further, of using in
conjunction with lubricants, such as stearic acid amide,
superiority of hydrotalcites over silica is found to be
further improved.
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Table 1 Blocking property of low density polyethylene film
Example (Ex. ) or
~
Comparative Exar~le Ex. Ex. Ex. '
1 2 3 1 2
E
(Camp. Ex.) Ex. x.
Anti-blocking agent,
mixed amount
(part by weight) (per 100
parts by weight of resin)
Hydrotalcites 0.1 0.3 0.5 - -
Average secondary particle 3.g(CI 3.8IC13.8IC1
diameter ~) INCIfEI
Silica (SYLOID66) - - - 0.1 0.3
Average secondary particle 4.1 4.1
diameter
Stearic acid amide _ _ - _ -
(part by weight)
Blocking property (g/czri 54 48 49 56 52
)
Coeff icient of 0.95 0.74 0.64 0.97 0.59
static friction
Haze ($) 6.2 6.5 7.3 7.7 8.8
Total light transmittanae g7.1 86.4 85.9 85.3 83.8
(%)
Tensile strength at break ~ 172 ( 177 ~ 168 165 163
(kg/cm2)
Tensile elongation (%) 598 ~ 590 ~ 521 I 582 ~ 582
NOTE: Sample symbol for sample obtained in production example A.
- to be continued -
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Table 1 (continued)
Example (Ex.) or
Comparative Example Comp. Comp. Control
Ex
4
(Comp. Ex.) Ex. . Ex. 1
3 4
Anti-blocking agent,
mixed amount
(part by weight) (per 100
parts by weight of resin)
Hydrotalcites - 0.3 - -
Average secondary particle 3
g(C1
diameter yum) INOZ'E1 ,
Silica (SYLOID66) 0.5 - 0.3 -
Average secondary particle4.1 4.1
diameter ~)
Stearic acid amide - 0.1 0 -
1
(part by weight) .
Blocking property tg/czn2)50 19 36 72
>1.0 (1.0
Coefficient of or more
0.55 0.30 -0
37
static friction . incapable
measurement)
Haze (%) 11.3 7.5 8.9 7.6
Total light transmittanoe 81.2 86.5 83.8 86.3
(%)
Tensile strength at break 163 173 164 176
(kg/cm2)
Tensile elongation (%) 552 575 536 590
(
- to be continued -
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Table 1 (continued)
Example (Ex.) or
Canparative Example Ex. Ex.
5 6
(Comp. Ex.) Ex. 5 Ex.
6
Anti-blocking agent,
mixed amount
(part by weight) (per 100
parts by weight of resin)
Hydrotalcites 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Average secondary particle2 4.9ID10 8
3IB1 91fAI 9(El
diameter fu.m) (NOI~I . . .
Silica (SYL,OID66) - - - -
Average secondary particle
diameter ~)
Stearic acid amide
_ _ _ _
(part by weight)
Blocking property (g/~ 47 50 69 50
)
Coefficient of p.g0 0.74 >1.0 0.78
static friction
Haze ($) 6.7 7.2 6.6 7.7
Total light transmittance 86.1 86.8 86.5 85.7
($)
Tensile strength at break 176 171 174 172
(kg/cm2)
Tensile elongation (%) 582 567 590 582
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IProduction example (B) of hydrotalcite type
anti-blockin4 agentl
Three (3) mols, per kg of hydrotalcites, of
aqueous 0.5 M/Q. of phosphoric acid (H3P04) solution was
added to the suspension of sample (C) before surface treat-
ment, prepared in production example (A), thoroughly stir-
red, then sodium stearate corresponding to 30 g per kg of
hydrotalcites was added and stirred for 30 minutes at
about 60°C to effect surface treatment. As the result of
chemical analysis, the composition of hydrotalcites formed
was found to be represented by Mg4A12(OH)12HP04~2H20.
After surface treatment it was dehydrated, dried, pulver-
ized and further treated at 250°C for 2 hours whereby a
nearly total amount of crystal water was removed off.
This sample was 3.l~e,m in average secondary
particle diameter (before surface treatment), 16 m2/g in
BET specific surface area and 1.50 in refractive index.
(Sample F)
Example 7 and Comparative Example 7
Polypropylene (refractive index 1.49) pellets
were mixed in composition ratios indicated in Table 2
respectively with hydrotalcites sample (F) and oleic acid
amide (Example 7), and silica (tradename SYLOID-66,
average secondary particle diameter 4.1~m) and oleic
acid amide (Comparative Example 7) as anti-blocking
agents, then melted and kneaded at 230°C in an extruder
for their pelletization. By T-die technique these
pellets were made into 40~u.m thick and l00 ,u.m thick films
at about 230°C.
Using the 40~.m thick film, its blocking
property, coefficient of static friction, haze, tensile
strength at break and elongation were measured, and using
the 100~,c.m thick film, its total light transmittance was
measured. The results were shown in Table 2.
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Table 2 Blocking property of polypropylene film
Example (Ex.) or
Caaparative Example Unit Ex. E~~ ~n2ro1
(Camp. Ex.) 7
Anti-blocking agent Parts by weight
(per 100 parts
by
weight of resin)
Hydrotalcites 0.2 - -
Silica (SYLOID66) - 0.2 -
Oleic acid amide 0.1 0.1 -
Blocking property g/cm2 16 34 70
Coefficient of static 0.28 0.35 0.98
friction
Bye % 1.0 3.2 1.8
Total light transmittanoe% 94.8 85.7 92.4
Tensile strength at breakg/czn2 590 515 550
Tensile elongation % 440 370 400
